ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,505, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Livio Stella (Ratingen, Germany).
"Motor-vehicle wheel-rim protector" was invented by Faruk Altinsoy (Meerbusch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device (3) for protecting a wheel rim (2) of a motor vehicle, wherein: an outer side of a rim flange (4) is covered by the device (3): the device (3) consists of a ring (5), the diameter of which is matched to that of the rim flange (4); and the ring (5) has a circumferential tongue (5.2) for fastening the device (3) to the rim flange (4), which tongue can be clamped between an inner side of the rim flange (4) and a side...